Egon Ruuda says:

Wonder why still in this time and age the furniture is still not bolted to he floors at appropriate places… I mean, i can understand the those forklift problem, but up on the man deck?

Animal Mother says:

Funny, but scary too. I hope no-one got hurt.

Jamie Pullman says:

I’m not suprised the chairs and tables on the passenger decks weren’t fixed to the floor, but wow, the crew deck took a pasting too.

Beswetheric says:

Not Monday. Wednesday. That is, *a* Wednesday in July 2008.

[Right. Misread the date posted as being the incident date -- UD]

UncDon says:

Would’ve been more fun if they guy were calmly playing the piano as it went to and fro …

Cursor_ says:

And this is why you never go on a small cruise ship.

If the thing is not at least big enough to fill times square and if stood up as tall as the liberty statue, don’t go on it.

Never pay to vacation on a tub.

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pilgrim says:

Pacific Sun is Cursed

Cruise-goers watch as truck plunges into harbour
The Pacific Sun sailed into Newcastle harbour this morning and docked at Dyke Point, where the New South Wales Government has just spent over $2.5 million creating a temporary cruise ship terminal.
But it was far from smooth sailing, when a forklift involved in the unloading operation went off the edge of the berth and into the harbour.

Passengers in Australian cruise given antibiotics to prevent fatal disease.
Passengers on the Pacific Sun cruise off the Queensland coast have been treated with antibiotics after a man fell ill with a suspected case of meningococcal disease, Health authority of Queensland state in east Australia said on Tuesday.

Benjamin says:

I’ve seen worse when I was in the Navy. However, everything was tied down that could move and we didn’t have stuff sliding all over the deck.

#12 said, “They were turning away from a heavy sea. They have stabilizer ballast tanks, but they have limitations. I still wonder if this wasn’t an autopilot or crew error.”

Possibly crew error. If you are caught in heavy seas, you want to head bow first into the storm. A wave hitting on the side of the ship could capsize it.

Charlie says:

Maybe some Blue-Tac under the piano was in order?

RoeBoeDog says:

You think they would at least have procedures in place to strap things down before leaving port. The metal cabinet could have killed somebody.